woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

Air Force 1970-76 Clark AFB 463 OMS, C130 maintinance, Flew regularly into Cam Rahn Bay. Transferred to Udorn then Korat 388 and 7ACCS. Recieved line number for E5, but transfered on Palace Chase program to Air National Guard, never received stripe. Spent 30 years working Aviation mainly test airborne weapons

2 Dog Don Loc: Virginia Beach VA

A friend of mine uses the AFVC all the time and loves it.

2 Dog Don Loc: Virginia Beach VA

Just wanted to say welcome home to all the VN troops.

Overly Hackled Loc: Still in Siagon

Post the link and many will hook up with the info .
Thanks ,
Overly Hackled

littlebiddle Loc: Yakima Wa USA

Here is a link....
http://www.afvclub.com/index.html
Again I can't say enough abot this sight! It is worth looking into!

Ron K. Loc: Upstate NY.

USArmy, '60 - '63. Military Police - all duty stateside (just lucky, I guess but no enemy got past me so y'all were safe while I was in..)

marlinman1 Loc: Sunny New Mexico

hey there retired Air Force Master Sgt. 79-2002. And work for Govt now as a civillian.

Tom Woolworth Loc: Peoria, IL

We all served our Nation and that is our common bond.

All Veterans of all Eras both men and women tell us who you were with and where you served.

God Bless America and those who defend Her ,Past, Present and Future.

OK who's next?[/quote]

Thanks for this thread, nice idea.

I come from a military family from both sides mom, dad, step dad, both Grandfathers and the list goes on.
They served In WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam (x2).
They told stories to me of the men they grew up with that served in the Civil War.
My Dad was a True Green Bret he finished with a career that started with Korea and finished with 2 tours of Vietnam with The 82nd Airborne.
A bush Sgt. In his mid forty's.
He passed from his Nam wounds 10 years after being injured during his 2nd tour.
The day I buired him at Arlington National, I toured the wall and I knew his name should be on there.

Who am I:
Former Marine
Very early 70's (can u picture the time period).
5945 Air Radar. I & I
Enlisted with the thought of nothing less than 20.
The world had other plans for me.

I know from my family you have a true right to say anything you want. These men helped you have that right.
I also know I have a right to protect their honor when nessacary.
This site is for camera folks and not a place for me to vent about issues with some person that had a moment of lapse in manners.

Foremost a moment to those who servered and are gone now.
I miss very much the Men of the Great wars.
They understood a True American pride.
To me This link of a plaque says it all.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/honor-the-veteran-signage-with-flags-2-panel-composite-digital-art-thomas-woolworth.html

Thanks For the chance to post this.
I know it's only the person in uniform that will protect our future generations.

2 Dog Don Loc: Virginia Beach VA

Went to a hanger talk at the Virginia Beach Aviation History Musieum last week and listened to a vet from the Tuskegee airmen. Nothing the rest of us went through can compare to what those guys went through. Here is a picture of a true american veteran

cj Loc: Emporium, Pa

Tom Woolworth, Once a Marine always a Marine.......

I come from a family of marines.
I served 76-84 AEM (Air Ecacuation Medic)
My other half served 1st & 7th Air Cav Nam.

nuff said.

professorwheeze Loc: Maine, USA

This thread is about the military. Bob expressed an opposing POV that he apparently believes is true and honest to him, for him. The PO of this thread re-stated the mission of the thread. The PO also requested Bob to PM him. A PM is just that. A PM. PRIVATE. PRIVATE so the thread, our conversations and comments can be placed on track again.

However, Bob broke the trust that is inherrent in all PM's. How dare anyone publish that which was solely intended to be private. The severance of trust is what has caused friendships, marriages and other relationships to falter and die.

Bob's action to publish something of a private nature produces the same negative effects the military fights for. Bob's trust-breaking effort is no different than what has caused most socio-economic-political conflicts, known as WAR.

This all on the very first page! Let's all remember that what is stated in private MUST remain private.


I am a veteran who had 15 years in USAR/NG. I had very little
AD time. Went in from ROTC 1970 during a force reduction and as such a military career never took hold as planned in the MSC. MOS was 3506 (Med Admin. Officer). Did what I did and did it well, including a 2 year stint as a medical detachment commander (400 + enlisted personnel). Promoted to 0-3.
Even went to Canada for training purposes and only 20 years later discovered we had been hit with Agents White and Purple; Canada had covered it up. The Canadian government refuses any fault and compensation for neurological and respiratory problems. I can live with that.

The military provides beyond the basic skills for me and millions of other men and women to succeed outside the military. Commradderie (?sp), courage, fortitude, strength etc. are not buzz-words. They are a way-of-life.

One of the most important lessons after mission and commitment to others, I learned was a reward/punishment system second to none. for example, if someone submits a photograph at UHH that I find particularly effective, I will write and elucidate that in my reply.

However, if I find the photograph that was submitted for C and C is in need of resuscitation (if possible), I will PM that individual. My opinion and recommendations will be kept PRIVATE. One will only assume a PM is private unless that trust has been broken by either party.

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

Retired US Army 22 yrs. Served Infantry, Military Police, Signal. Combat Korea 1950. Dog handler Germany.
Retired Signal 1971. Nam 66-67 Sig.

Dietxanadu

I found this somewhere. Maybe in Military Times magazine. But to me it says it all. "We shall never forget"

Overly Hackled Loc: Still in Siagon

Roger Copy Brother .That is part of the reason for this thread. We can NEVER forget . God Bless all who served and their families.

free730me Loc: 96730

Serve in the Hawaii Army National Gaurd, 1982-2006, 1293rd Avn Co. (cbt spt), 193rd Avn Co. Atk Hel. 1-487th FA HHSC, after "OIF" 05',,,I retired in 06' as ssg, to spend time w/family. (my grandpa was in the navy, my dad was in the army, and my older brother is in the cost gaurd.